RIT Observatory
The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private research university in Henrietta, New York, United States, a suburb of Rochester. It was founded in 1829.Photo: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gene Polisseni Center and Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena.
Gene Polisseni Center
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The Gene Polisseni Center is an ice arena on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus in Henrietta, New York. Ground was broken for the project on October 19, 2012, and the arena was officially dedicated on September 18, 2014. Gene Polisseni Center is situated 3,900 feet northwest of RIT Observatory.
Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
Pitch
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The Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena, known colloquially as "The Ritter", is an arena on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, a suburb of Rochester, New York, United States. Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena is situated 1 mile northwest of RIT Observatory.
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
University building
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The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private research university in Henrietta, New York, United States, a suburb of Rochester. It was founded in 1829. Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science is situated 1 mile northwest of RIT Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Henrietta and Genesee Junction.
Henrietta
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Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York. It contains the hamlets of East Henrietta and West Henrietta.
Genesee Junction
Hamlet
In the early days of Rochester railroading, Genesee Junction was the name given to the interchange between the West Shore Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad in Chili, NY. Genesee Junction is situated 2 miles northwest of RIT Observatory.
Scottsville
Village
Scottsville is a village within the town of Wheatland in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 2,009 at the 2020 census. The village is named after an early settler, Isaac Scott, and is within the Rochester metropolitan area. Scottsville is situated 5 miles southwest of RIT Observatory.
RIT Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Town of Henrietta, Rochester and Suburbs, Finger Lakes, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.07524° or 43° 4′ 31″ northLongitude
-77.66402° or 77° 39′ 51″ westOperator
Rochester Institute of TechnologyOpen location code
87M438GP+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 181340957OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q7276842
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“RIT Observatory” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “RIT Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد ار اى تى”
- Japanese: “ロチェスター工科大学天文台”
- Urdu: “آر آئی ٹی رصدگاہ”
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